Olympics Thread
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
Coverage of that Triathlon was shit.
Why were we getting saturation coverage of the Frogs with no coverage of the leader showing split to second changing.
Agree, the most dramatic part of that race wasn't really covered and the commentators had no idea Yee was closing the gap until he was about to go past Wilde.
It was a great race though, fitting for an Olympics and Wilde definitely didn't blow it - Yee surged and won it. Wilde knew he couldn't run alongside Yee and hope to beat him at the end and he made Yee suffer in those early kms. The problem was that he wounded him but couldn't finish him off and the gap stuck at around 15 seconds.
We'll probably never know the answer but I do wonder if Yee really thought he could catch Wilde and that if he had been well clear in 2nd, he may have settled for it. But Bergere kicked hard to try to catch Yee and that looked to be the main battle but when Yee responded, suddenly both of them closed fast on Wilde who had nothing left in the tank.
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@nzzp yeah I imagine if you are chasing and can see them ahead, see if they are starting to falter and maintaining pace is easier than being ahead and not really being able to see if they are gaining, slowing etc without turning to check.
Either way, Wilde said he gave everything and was spent, massive effort.
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Marchand wins the 200m Breaststroke with another OR
Unbelievable to win 2 golds in the same session
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@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
Marchand wins the 200m Breaststroke with another OR
Unbelievable to win 2 golds in the same session
Unbelievable that it was butterfly and breaststroke. That is unprecedented.
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
Coverage of that Triathlon was shit.
Why were we getting saturation coverage of the Frogs with no coverage of the leader showing split to second changing.
I agree. The Aussie comms spent 10 minutes crowning Wilde, then all of a sudden Yee was leading and they had no idea it was happening.
But to be fair to them I reckon they were taking the IOC feed, which gave them no splits, no margin, no overhead tracking shot in the key period of the race. So they could only judge it off the pictures which were pretty misleading at times.
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and i think that gap closed really really quickly.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
and i think that gap closed really really quickly.
There was a very brief scary moment where I wondered if the Frenchman might also catch up to him too.
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@Donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
and i think that gap closed really really quickly.
There was a very brief scary moment where I wondered if the Frenchman might also catch up to him too.
race was any longer and he would have. Kiwi lad was absolutely cooked. There was no other gear there at all
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Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.
In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.
Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
I do find triathlon a bit funny sometimes, where after the swim and the bike they are all generally in a big pack.
Why not just save everyone's time and have a 10km running race?
I often think triathlons must suck for the ones who are strongest in the swim. Yay! First out of the water again! Oh....
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
I do find triathlon a bit funny sometimes, where after the swim and the bike they are all generally in a big pack.
Why not just save everyone's time and have a 10km running race?
on the flip side, why should i be impressed with the 10,000m when they haven't done 1.5km in a river and rode 40km first?
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.
In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.
Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...
i like the idea i saw floating around social media the last olympics
have a random Joe in every event so you get a comparable base line. So in your triathlon the winner comes in with a time of 1.53. And then we wait an hour and a bit for average Joe to finish.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
I do find triathlon a bit funny sometimes, where after the swim and the bike they are all generally in a big pack.
Why not just save everyone's time and have a 10km running race?
on the flip side, why should i be impressed with the 10,000m when they haven't done 1.5km in a river and rode 40km first?
Oh you shouldn't. I know I'm not. I've always maintained Haile Gebraselassie is one of the most fraudelent athletes of all time.
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yeah, them African runner ain't shit!!
Hichem el Guerrouj totally isn't one of may favourite olympians ever
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(in before anyone mentions that, even at their current ages, both would absolutely destroy me in a triathlon)
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.
In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.
Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...
i like the idea i saw floating around social media the last olympics
have a random Joe in every event so you get a comparable base line. So in your triathlon the winner comes in with a time of 1.53. And then we wait an hour and a bit for average Joe to finish.
If average Joe can even finish. Most wouldnt make it back up the river!
